LPN Admissions Specialist

Job description

Overview ​ PURPOSE STATEMENT: ​Clinical professional responsible for inquiries, assessments, and admissions to the facility. Responsibilities: ​ ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: ​ - ​Facilitate admissions and assessment processes for incoming patients. - ​Respond to inquiries about the facility within facility policy timeframes. - ​Schedule and complete pre-admission assessments and communicate recommendations to patients or their families. - ​Collaborate with other facility medical and psychiatric personnel to ensure appropriate recommendations and admissions. - ​Coordinate admission and transfer between levels of care within the facility. - ​Communicate projected admissions to designated internal representatives promptly. - ​Perform insurance benefit verifications, disseminating the information gathered to the patient, their families, and other appropriate facility staff. - ​Ensure all medical admission documentation is gathered from external sources prior to patient admission and secure initial pre-authorization for treatment and admission. - ​Assist individual therapists with concurrent reviews with insurance companies to secure continued treatment. - ​Coordinate and facilitate peer-to-pee...